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- From: tinsel@uiuc.edu (Thomas Aaron Insel)
- Subject: Re: How to HIDE Files on a mac to prevent Piracy?
- References: <1992Aug15.065903.25124@news.columbia.edu> <1992Aug16.203756.3907@news.columbia.edu> <1992Aug20.014416.10073@umbc3.umbc.edu>
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- Organization: {not speaking for the} University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 05:34:27 GMT
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- grabenst@umbc4.umbc.edu (Mr. Michael Grabenstein; ACS (GUEST)) writes:
-
- > There is a copy bit as well that is also accessible
- > through res-edit. It is suppose to keep the users from coping
- > the file. This plus making them invisible should stop the
- > "common" user (not me :-).
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- This may have been implemented back in MFS days, but I don't think the
- Finder has checked this bit in quite some times. In fact, my newest
- version of ResEdit doesn't even offer to let me set the Bozo/NoCopy
- bit.
-
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- Thomas Aaron Insel (tinsel@uiuc.edu)
- I speak for myself, and not for the State or University of Illinois.
- "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty." -- Edward R. Murrow
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